BJP YATRAS IN UP FROM NOVEMBER 5
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday announced the roll out of its Parivartan Yatra from November 5, covering 17,000 km before its ends at Lucknow on December 24.
The first yatra will start from Saharanpur on November 5, second from Jhansi on November 6 and third and fourth from Sonbhadra and Balia on November 8 and 9. HTC
chanted, “Akhilesh, Akhilesh”.
In his address, the chief minister sent out a message to the senior leadership, seen siding with Shivpal in the power struggle.
“Youth was always with the party and will stay with it. If the party needs experience, it also needs energy,” Akhilesh said. “As this rath will move, it will unite our party workers as well as netas.”
Mulayam, who had earlier publicly rebuked Akhilesh over the face-off with Shivpal, took a dig at the young supporters.
Clearly unhappy with slogans of “Yeh jawani hai kurban, Akhilesh bhaiya tere naam (the youth is ready to sacrifice all for brother Akhilesh), Mulayam said those who are talking about sacrifice will run helter-skelter if they face police lathi-charge.
“They don’t know what struggle is. Apart from sloganeering, they should try to study and learn the party’s and its leaders’ philosophies,” he said.
The chief minister was accompanied by his wife, Dimple Yadav, and their children until the Mercedes bus that took hours to negotiate the crowds at the La Martinere grounds broke down.
Akhilesh had swept to power in 2012 and is hoping to lead the party again to victory in elections scheduled early next year.